7 Our Family

"Your marriage is a $50 souvenir, Ms. Vance. And your husband's already married to someone else." In a single moment at the immigration office, my life as the wife of NHL superstar Liam Sterling evaporated. Our secret Vegas wedding was a fraud, and Liam was already legally married to his "manager," Sophia. But the cruelty didn't end there. Liam expected me to adopt a "war hero's orphan", a child that was actually his and Sophia's secret son. He didn't want a wife. He wanted a world-class doctor to fix his career and a free nanny to raise his real wife's child. Liam made one fatal mistake: he forgot that I'm the only one who can keep him on the ice. I signed a record-breaking contract with the Titans, his bitterest rivals. Now, while Liam's knee shatters during the playoffs, I'm on the enemy's bench, healing the only man who can destroy him. He want a nanny? I'm sure he'll get his worst nightmare.

Aurora was born with Alpha blood, destined to lead, until betrayal by her own family left her branded as cursed when she was just a little wolf. Falsely accused of murder and abandoned by the people she loved most, she spends five brutal years in a werewolf psychiatric hospital, enduring abuse, isolation, and betrayal from those who should have protected her. When Aurora returns home, she’s scarred and changed. Her family expects her to kneel again, but she refuses. Just as the pack’s cruelty reaches its peak, Aurora meets someone even more powerful than those trying to suppress her, someone who sees her true strength and offers her the chance to rise. Now, those who forced Aurora to kneel will face the consequences of their actions. Because she’s no longer alone. And this time, she will never bow her head again.

To get rid of our pup and date with his assistant on Valentine's Day, my mate Marcus forced our injured pup to go rock climbing and poisoned him. When I rushed my dying pup to the hospital, I unexpectedly saw my mate accompanying his assistant for a prenatal checkup. Our terrified pup lay convulsing from the poison, but Marcus didn’t even care about him. "He's just an Omega. If he was a proper wolf, he'd heal instantly!" I clutched the $100 million Moonlight Blessing herb in my pocket. I accidentally found it in the forest this morning. I was planning to tell him the good news today. But now? It was time to break this five-year mate bond.

I worked as a waitress in a small-town diner, but I put my husband Tom through Harvard Law School. But after he graduated, when I was eight months pregnant, he divorced with me and married my best friend, Sarah. On their wedding day, I didn't cry or make a scene. Instead, I went to work as their housekeeper. Tom thought my love made me easy to control. Sarah treated me like dirt, thinking I was born to serve. I never complained – I just prepared a surprise for them. But when their daughter was admitted to Harvard, they opened the surprise and went crazy.

I push through my Gamma warrior training ahead of schedule just to get back to the pack sooner. All I want is to stand beside my Alpha, Kyle Faucher, and finally complete our mate-bonding ceremony. But when I step into our house, scarred and feeling hopeful, I see 100 old boarding passes to the Darkmoon pack littering the floor. That pack is only a mile from my training grounds. Kyle's been that close for two years, and still, he never came. I sprint to the place where we were supposed to have our mate-bonding ceremony, clinging to the desperate hope that there's an explanation. But the moment I burst through the doors, I stopped cold. Kyle is down on one knee, dressed in a tailored suit, his eyes locked on someone with a softness I've never seen in him before. Standing across from him, smiling through her tears, is my stepsister, Vivian Blackwell. "Vivian, I haven't completed the mate-bonding ceremony with Serene. Say the word, and I'll reject her and mark you right now." At that moment, the world goes still, and I even forgot how to breathe. So this is what he's been doing while I was gone, chasing the woman he never let go of. Meanwhile, I spent those two years giving everything I had, trying to become someone worthy of standing by his side. I don't ask why or shed a tear. I just turn around and walk away. If she's what he wants, then so be it. The mate-bonding ceremony I dreamed of will be theirs instead. But the second I'm gone, he loses it and sends every warrior looking for me.

法律事務所で999件連続で勝訴した。それを受けて、長年結婚の事実を隠していた弁護士の夫・渡辺翼（わたなべ つばさ）が、ようやく私・高橋凛菜（たかはし りんな）との結婚式を挙げることに同意してくれた。 けれど、日が暮れても翼は現れなかった。代わりに私が見たものは、彼がパラリーガルの杉本日和（すぎもと ひより）と結婚式でキスをしている、インスタの投稿だった。 【さっき同僚に『売れ残り』ってバカにされたけど、弁護士の彼が助けに来てくれた。これから、昼は彼の優秀な部下、夜は彼の愛する妻になるわ】 写真の日和のひとと翼の薬指にはめられた結婚指輪が、やけに目に焼きついた。 きっと誰もが、私が怒りで我を忘れると思っただろう。でも私はあっさり笑って、こうコメントをつけた。 【次は赤ちゃんだね！ご祝儀、たっぷり包んであげる！】 すると次の瞬間、一日中電源を切っていた翼のほうから、電話がかかってきた。 「日和は妊娠したのに、相手のクズ男に捨てられたんだ。彼女の両親はすごく保守的な人たちだから、このことがバレたら、きっと勘当されてしまう。お腹の子とどうやって生きていけっていうんだ。同じ弁護士なのに、君には少しも同情心がないのか？ 今すぐあのコメントを消して、日和に直接謝罪するんだ。彼女が何の問題もなく無事に子供を産めたら、君との結婚式はちゃんとやり直すから」 でも、私は手にした離婚訴訟の書類を見つめながら、ただ冷ややかに笑った。 「もう必要ないわ。あなたは、私たちの離婚裁判の準備でもしていればいい」

For the hundredth time, my dad hints at us that he really wants to become a grandfather during New Year Eve's dinner. Lydia Cooper, my wife who has insisted on living a childless life for the past decade, just smiles before placing more food on his plate. After dinner, she ducks out to the balcony and murmurs into her phone, "Be good, now. Mommy will visit you a few days later." I can feel my blood running cold in my veins as I stand in the living room with a glass of water. As I approach Lydia, I do my best to keep my voice light and teasing. "I just heard you say the word 'mommy.' Do you have an illegitimate child out there somewhere?" Lydia rubs her nose, her tone now awkward. "You might be hearing things. It was just my friend's child…" My heart plunges into my stomach pit at her words. I've been in love with Lydia for ten years. It's only natural that I know how she acts whenever she's lying.

I died with regret in my heart… only to wake up the day before my nightmare began. For twelve years, I lived as the beloved adopted daughter of a wealthy family—until their real daughter was finally found. Overnight, everything changed. The life I had lived, the love I thought was mine, and even the place I called home were suddenly taken away. Blamed for a life that was never truly mine, I became the family’s most hated outsider. Forced to live as a servant in the very house that once called me daughter, I endured humiliation, cruelty, and betrayal. Worst of all, I was forced to marry the boy I had always called my brother… a man who treated me with nothing but cold cruelty. But when death finally came, fate gave me something unexpected a second chance. Now reborn to the day before everything falls apart, I know the truth behind their lies and the pain that awaits me. This time, I won’t be their victim. This time, I will rewrite my destiny. ✨📖

I spent six months and over $20,000 to plan a family vacation. However, when my mate’s childhood sweetheart Victoria heard about our trip, she begged to join us. Alexander didn't hesitate. He cancelled my spot in the protected convoy and gave it to her instead. He forced me to travel alone through deadly Shadow Pack territory - a thirty-six hour journey where three wolves had died last month. The whole family supported Alexander's decision without a thought for my safety. So I changed my travel plans. I headed north instead of south. I spent three months enjoying myself, ignoring their mindlink message. That's when the family started to panic...

After my daughter, Mia Powell, was declared brain-dead, my husband, Liam Powell, urged me to sign the organ donation consent form. I was drowning in grief and my mind was on the verge of collapse. That was when I accidentally discovered that her attending doctor, Blair Lincoln, was Liam’s old flame. They had lied about Mia’s brain death, just to trick me into signing the form and steal her heart to save Blair’s daughter, Sophia. I watched as Liam picked Sophia up from the hospital. The three of them smiled together, like a perfect, happy family. When I confronted them, they pushed me off a building, and I died from the fall. Given a second chance, I had returned to the day I was supposed to sign the organ donation form. As I stared at Mia lying in that hospital bed, I silently vowed. This time, that scumbag and that wretch would pay with their lives for what they did to Mia.